Discussion: High pressure will maintain the relative dry conditions keeping rain away until Saturday but clouds will be on the increase. Afternoon temperatures will remain below the average through the forecast period with highs in the mid to upper 50s under partly to mostly cloudy skies. Lows won’t moderate much staying mainly in the 30s and 40s with partly to mostly cloudy skies. On Saturday a surface low from the Gulf will pass across the region bringing scattered showers and a thunderstorm or two.

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